Canada

This is a video we filmed with Jérôme Clementz (Enduro World Champion in 2013), about 2 years ago in Canada BC, on Full Nelson Trail around Squamish.
Unfortunately, the project has never been finished for different reasons.
As you probably already know, Jérôme had a bad crash in may and injured himself. He dislocated his shoulder and ripped all the ligaments. He had surgery and needs 3 months recovery before to be back on his bike.

He contacted me about 1 week ago to get back on that project and publish this video that really shows his actual feeling, what he’s really missing…

His words:

A lot of people ask me if I was gutted not being able to race all summer. Actually a little bit, but nothing compared to what I’m really missing: Simply riding…
We dug in our archives and found this video, shot by Christophe Hassel, in 2012 during a Trip in BC.
We never published it for different reasons but watching it now, it really explains what I want to do again and the hole left in my life since my injury.
Just ride, nothing big, nothing crazy, no stress, just to feel your tyre drifting, getting some air, feeling some speed and getting the flow!!
F**k I Can’t wait to be back!! 😉
Jey

I edited this video last week for a Mountain Bike Equipment brand called Oxe Sports. They make Mountain bike protective gear (Knee Pads, Elbow Pads, Back and Spine protectors, …)
Everything has been shot last summer in British Columbia Canada, in Sun Peaks Bike Park, around Lillooet and Farwell Canyon, Chilcotin River, which is by far, the most beautiful place we’ve been in that trip and French Rider Eliott Lapotre is shredding it!

I went for a 2 days hike a few days ago in Garibaldi Provincial Park, and brought my recently purchased Canon EF 8-15mm f/4 L USM Fisheye Lens with me. This lens provides 180° circular fisheye images on full-frame EOS models. In other words, a full 360 degree field of vision in the middle of the frame!I wanted to share with you a few shots I took with this absolutely amazing lens!
This lens is razor sharp even wide open! I couldn’t get the full circular shot as I am using a Canon 1D Mark IV APS-H sized sensor (1.3x crop factor).

Canon EF 8-15mm f/4 L USM Fisheye Lens – Canon 1D Mark IV (APS-H 1.3x Sensor)shot at 12mm
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I didn’t use the 8-15 lens for the following shots, I just wanted to share those photos with you as Garibaldi Provincial Park is one of the most beautiful hike I have done in the area!

For those who don’t know, Charles Renaud-Roy, Eliott Lapotre, Mickaël Haxaire, Vincent Pernin and myself went on a Road Trip for 5 days around Kamloops last August to discover some Freeride trails, Sun Peaks, SilverStar and best of all and unplanned, we met Brad Stuart (Anthill Films – Follow Me) who has literally turned his backyard into the ultimate playground for mountain bikers !

Summer season is already over, I just came back to France a couple of weeks ago after spending 6 months in Whistler BC Canada.
The winter is starting slowly here in Europe so I had a bit of time to work on the website.
I added a Video section where you can see (if you haven’t seen already) a great video with Vincent Pernin that we filmed last summer on Trespasser, one of the gnarliest, steepest, hardest and most technical hidden trail you can find in Whistler BC.
I also added an Editorial Photo Album with some published photos, a Gear section with all my actual Camera Equipment, and a Partners section with Clients, Partners or People I’ve worked with.
Also, now you can follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, or Pinkbike, I added a little logo on top of the Website with all the links.
I’m back in Val d’Isère for the winter season now, the resort opens tomorrow and I can’t wait to go skiing!!!
I’ll try to keep you updated as much as I can during the winter season.
Well, time to pick up my season pass now, enjoy the website! I hope you like it 😉
Chris